Word: radcliffee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The lack of communication is another obstacle in creating a sense of Radcliffe community. Horner says, "I don't think we can ever expect women to take advantage of something they don't know about."
"Radcliffe has to make itself more visible," Walsh agrees. She admits that it is harder for a women's community to assert itself at Harvard then at all-women's institutions, but feels that the community on campus could be stronger. "There's a responsibility among the students to have...
Others emphasize, however, that unwillingness on the part of students to take advantage of Radcliffe's resources is not a communication failure on Radcliffe's part.
Aida K. Press, director of public information at Radcliffe, says that students do not have to seek out what is available. "Just because one doesn't go to the art museum regularly doesn't mean that it's less of a community or that the art museum is at fault...
Some suggest that the houses may have replaced the sense of community that Radcliffe once provided. "Perhaps the houses provide the kind of community that Radcliffe once did," Bovet says. But she adds that a women's community is important and that "women should refound ways to be connected."